Arthur

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[–] Arthur 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry all, the postgres database crashed and I was out of town...

[–] Arthur 137 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

There's a trademark for Linux so Microsoft can't name a product starting with Linux.

https://xcancel.com/richturn_ms/status/1245481405947076610

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submitted 3 weeks ago by Arthur to c/printsf
 

The shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award was published a few days ago and I missed it! Links go to openlibrary pages. Most of these novels don't have fully fleshed out pages though on there though... :(

Private Rites by Julia Armfield

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Extremophile by Ian Green

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock by Maud Woolf

[–] Arthur 9 points 1 month ago

lol I was just wondering because my cats are so fucking skittish at everything so I wasn't sure if there was a slower process of getting them acclimated to different social settings that are more manageable and predictable. Then easing into the bar because I find bar environments sometimes overwhelming and I'm a human!

[–] Arthur 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

How did they bar train the maine coon?

[–] Arthur 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Welcome! Feel free to reach out with any suggestions or questions!

[–] Arthur 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hahaha noooooo I wouldn't do that already!

Welcome to the instance!

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submitted 1 month ago by Arthur to c/meta
 

So sorry about that downtime, our VM was unexpectedly shut down. Everything should be up and federation will level out soon.

Again so sorry. I'm going to set up an uptime and status page on a different server so I can communicate if things go sideways again.

[–] Arthur 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're not doing anything wrong in my opinion. Some of us just don't get an endorphin boost from exercise.

I'm a marathon runner and I have never experienced a runner's high or whatever these other people get from normal training.

There's this chart about "types of fun" that finally made it click for me. Some people find the mundane training as "Type I" fun. Some of us have activities that are this and others that aren't fun in the moment. For me, skiing is type I. Running is not.

I run as a discipline, it feels good looking back on my calendar of training and seeing the work I've put in. So I get Type II fun from it. I like to say "I run for the medals" and that's mostly this concept. I don't run for the fun, I train for the PR or the "win" or a medal. It's seeing my work pay off, my discipline for months on end being paid out.

So it's not the running, it's achieving the hard goal I set. Anyway, I hope this makes you feel seen. It's really frustrating to see all the hype about endorphins or whatever being a mood booster, but that's not the reality for a lot of people.

Also good job on the consistency for a year! That's impressive! Especially without the mood boost other people get!!

 

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the delay in the application process, I was out of town and very behind. I just approved a bunch of new users today and over the last few months.

If anyone wants to introduce themselves, ask for recommendations, get help, etc feel free to reply. I would love to hear more about the people in our little community here!

Enjoy!

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submitted 2 months ago by Arthur to c/meta
 

We have updated to lemmy v0.19.10, you can read the release notes here.

Small release, except one notable "fix/feature" is the removal of PMs when a ban happens... I think we all know who that is for...

Enjoy! Feel free to PM if you have any issues at all with the instance. I know I'm a lurker, but I am trying my best to keep the instance humming along.

 

This might be the end of Libby/Hoopla/Boundless for a lot of smaller library systems. :(

 

I just finished reading Roadside Picnic for the first time and came across this blog post that I wholeheartedly agree with. Obviously the title is a little bold, but the body lays out a really strong argument for the beauty of this novel.

 

I'm very interested in seeing this story translated to a screen and wow the art work shown off here is incredible.

[–] Arthur 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey! :)

I'll go ahead and add you as a mod here as well now!

Welcome!

[–] Arthur 4 points 3 months ago

I agree with this, I thought it was fun to watch but man the quality drop off after the first few episodes was rough!

[–] Arthur 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm totally fine with that if MaelGuerra is up for the transition!

[–] Arthur 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Youtube apparently.

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submitted 6 months ago by Arthur to c/meta
 

We have updated!

v0.19.6 has the changelog that matters - https://join-lemmy.org/news/2024-11-08_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.6

v0.19.7 fixes three regressions found in v0.19.6 - https://join-lemmy.org/news/2024-11-15_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.7

No real new user-facing features, but a lot of optimization on the server-side to keep things snappy. Enjoy! Please reach out if you notice anything wonky!

 

Ouch.

 

Ouch.

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